the Russian Judo team actually rolled into the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and really f'd things up for the Japanese.

Also, the IJF governing body that made all those stupid rules adjustments were primarily Europeans so ya'can't really claim a Jap-conspiracy.

At CAMBO-70, which is basically Moscow's version of Kodokhan, the open randori is Judo or Sambo, the pairs basically decide on the spot. Some lineages cite that 70% of SAMBO is is from Judo. Others, not so much depending on the function as cited above^

You are not free whose liberty is won by the rigour of other, more righteous souls. Your are merely protected. Your freedom is parasitic, you suck the honourable man dry and offer nothing in return. You who have enjoyed freedom, who have done nothing to earn it

The reason I ask is because the range of techniques is obviously very different, the teaching methodolgy as described is very similar to Pekiti("don't worry about the techniques. Here's a set of movements and body mechanics, and you'll be able to apply them from these")

There's a weird tale on the non choke thing.
1. They were thought impractical as it takes time to choke a person out with a lot of gear.
2. It was theorize if you disable a person's leg it would take 1 or 2 people to carry them off the battle field thus taking out 3 potential assailants. Choking a person out would just piss off the comrades and they'd be back in the fight in a minute anyway.

Given the Russian love affair with the gun (good ol' Kalashnikov) and the ease with which they could retrieve their gun and shoot you after you got choked, it's probably more for the reason that if you are passed out, you can't feel the pain of getting killed. Whereas if your knee has been turned into a fluid-filled meat sack...

... Well you get the idea.

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He screams like a little girl as the pain ripples through his arm, shoots up into his brain, and now your dick is hard.